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Lawmakers Laser in on Financesnew

Legislatively speaking, it was a bad week for Mississippi's new Republican majority.
Jackson Free Press  |  R.L. Nave  |  04-06-2012  |  Politics

Budget Battle Shows Barbour's Mettlenew

The Mississippi state budget negotiations were like a summer blockbuster: expensive, full of strong language, boring and too long. Gov. Haley Barbour played a starring role, and like any diva, he got what he wanted much of the time.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ward Schaefer  |  07-09-2009  |  Politics

A Mississippi Senator's Connection to a White Supremacist Groupnew

Mississippians react to state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol's being the "surprise" guest speaker at the annual white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens conference.
Jackson Free Press  |  Ward Schaefer  |  07-09-2009  |  Politics

Are New Voters Changing Mississippi Politics?new

We take a post-primary look at the changing faces of Mississippi's voters. Could this be a sign of the end of the Southern Strategy?
Jackson Free Press  |  Adam Lynch  |  04-21-2008  |  Politics

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